Background: Coeliac disease is an autoimmune condition that causes damage to your small intestine, which is the body part that absorbs the most nutrients. As a consequence, nutritional deficiencies such as osteoporosis and anaemia can arise. Those with coeliac disease actually have a type of allergy to gluten, a protein found in everyday grain foods [...]
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Avoiding the sniffles
When winter rolls around each year, it seems inevitable that at some stage of the colder months we will pick up a head cold and a case of the sniffles. Many of us hate having to put up with this inconvenience; it can stop us exercising, make us miss work or just be plain annoying.
Women’s dietary requirements
Women and men do not have identical dietary requirements, and in order to achieve great health it is important that women are aware of the nutrients they need to include in their daily eating. A big problem – particularly amongst younger women – is ‘crash dieting’, which often sees women missing out on critical nutrients [...]
Screening for breast cancer
More than 2500 women die from breast cancer every year in Australia. It is the most common cause of cancer-related death in women in Australia. BreastScreen Australia was established in 1991 and is recognised as one of the most comprehensive breast screening programs in the world. The purpose of screening mammography is to detect unsuspected [...]